Newfoundland and Labrador has recorded 4 new deaths due to COVID-19 revealed yesterday Wednesday, May 10 update of the provincial government’s online pandemic dashboard.
The update covering from April 23 to May 6 says there were 17 hospitalizations during those 2 weeks, including 3 people in critical care.
The update says that there was just 1 death, but data in it’s regional and age breakdowns reveals 3 other deaths, which would have happened before April 23 but not attributed to COVID-19 before the last update, two weeks ago.
Three of the deaths were in the Eastern Health Region and 1 in the Western Health Region. Three of the people who died were 80 or older, while the fourth one was in their 70’s.
The new deaths raise the province’s total to 344 since the beginning of the pandemic in March 2020.
On Friday the World Health Organization said COVID-19 no longer constitutes a public health emergency, it also noted the pandemic has come to an end, with recent spikes in cases in Southeast Asia and the Middle east.